Beam truck



J. G. BENTLEY Oct. 10, 1933.

BEAM TRUCK Filed April 17, 1931 y. y 6 E WNW Dwmm T 6 4 J Patented Oct.10, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BEAM TRUCK 2 Claims.

This invention relates to means for transporting beams and the like forsupplying looms, and is more especially adapted for conveying empty warpbeams away from the loom when a new beam or warp supply has beeninstalled in the loom, and is adapted to be used in connection withother warp replenishing mechanisms, sometimes referred to as web supplymeans.

An object of this invention is to provide a truck having means forsupporting in approximately upright position a plurality of beams forlooms, warpers, and the like, and although it has been shown as beingadapted to carry empty beams, it is evident that it could be used fortransporting means filled with warp or other material for replenishingthe warp supply of looms and other textile machinery, and could also beused in transporting the beams of cloth from looms or any other filledbeams from any textile machinery.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of theinvention;

Figure 2 is an end view of the truck;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detailed plan View of the means for engaging theupper end of the beam shaft;

Figure 4 is an enlarged detailed plan View of the means for supportingthe lower end of the beam;

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 4 lookingfrom the lower side of Figure 4.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates alongitudinally disposed bar preferably of tubular material, and to eachend of this bar is secured the cross members 11 and 12, and the ends ofthe members 11 and 12 have casters 13 rotatably mounted therein with thecasters having wheels 14 therein. Projecting upwardly from the members11 and 12 at the junction points of members 11 and 12 with member 10 arethe uprights 15 and 16, to the upper end of which is secured a laterallydisposed member 17, and this laterally disposed member 1'? has aplurality of members 18 projecting laterally therefrom having a recess19 in the end thereof normally closed by a leaf spring 20 which has theoutwardly projecting portion 21 adapted to engage the shaft 22 of a beam23 to depress the spring 20 outwardly to allow shaft 22 to be held inthe recess 19.

To the member 10 are a similar number of projecting members 25 whichhave a fork as at 26 in the free end thereof and a projection 2'7 on theend of each of these portions of fork 26 to cause the hub portion 29 ofeach of the beams 23 to fit in behind the projection 27 to prevent thebeams from being jarred out of the recesses 26 while being transportedin this truck. The beams 23 have the end webs30 and 31 on the endsthereof which is a conventional beam.

The members 18 and 25 respectively are disposed on opposite sides of themembers 17 and 10 respectively and are in pairs, there being one member18 and one member 25 for supporting a particular beam.

It is seen that beams can quickly be placed in position in this truck inany desired number, depending upon the length of the truck, and can beeasily transported from place to place with out injuring and be readilyaccessible to be withdrawn from this truck.

In the drawing and specification, there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth inthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a truck for conveying beams and the like, a longitudinallydisposed base member, transversely disposed members secured to the endof said base member, a caster wheel mounted in each end of saidtransversely disposed members,

two vertically disposed members secured to said 1 transversely disposedmembers, a longitudinally disposed member joining the upper ends of saidvertically disposed members, pairs of laterally projecting supportssecured to both of said longitudinally disposed members, said supportsbeing forked at their ends, and being adapted to receive and hold beamsand the like in a vertical position, the ends of the supports on theupper longitudinally disposed member having resilient means forreleasably holding the upper ends of the beams and the like in position.

2. A truck for transporting warp beams and the like, comprising avertically disposed rectangular framework, a transversely andhorizontally disposed cross-member secured to each of the lower cornersof the framework, a caster wheel mounted in the ends of thecross-members, a plurality of pairs of laterally projecting memberssecured on the upper and lower portions of said framework for receivingthe upper and lower ends of the beam, said pairs of laterally projectingmembers being forked, each of the lower forked members having aprotuberance on its upper side, and the upper forked members havingresilient means for holding the upper end of the beam in verticalposition.

JOHN G. BENTLEY.

